13 injured in clashes, grenade attack in Kashmir

Three policemen were among five persons who were critically injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at the police party, engaged in restoring law and order at Gawkadal which witnessed violence in protest against a student going missing four days back.

Srinagar July 06: At least 13 people, including four policemen, were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants at a police party and clashes with securitymen here, official sources said.
Three policemen were among five persons who were critically injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at the police party, engaged in restoring law and order at Gawkadal which witnessed violence in protest against a student going missing four days back.
Alleging failure of the government to locate the student, hundreds of people took to the streets at these places and staged a sit-in. When police tried to disperse them, they refused, prompting the police to use batons. Five persons, including a policeman were injured in the incident.
When the police was engaged in restoring law and order at Gawkadal, suspected militants hurled a grenade at them, critically injuring three policemen and two civilians.
Police then fired a few rounds in the air in retaliation and shifted the injured to hospital, the sources said.
Pitched battles between a stone-pelting mob and police were witnessed in some localities that left seven persons, including a policeman injured.
Trouble started when residents of Maisuma locality blocked the main road after the disappearance of Asrar Mushtaq Dar, a 2nd year student of Islamia College, since Friday.